[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 40355-40357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17062]



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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

41 CFR Chs. 101, 102, 105, 300, 301, and 304

48 CFR Chapter 5


Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

AGENCY: General Services Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.

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SUMMARY: This agenda announces the proposed regulatory actions that GSA 
plans for the next 12 months and those that were completed since the 
fall 2016 edition. This agenda was developed under the guidelines of 
Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' GSA's purpose 
in publishing this agenda is to allow interested persons an opportunity 
to participate in the rulemaking process. GSA also invites interested 
persons to recommend existing significant regulations for review to 
determine whether they should be modified or eliminated. Published 
proposed rules may be reviewed in their entirety at the Government's 
rulemaking Web site at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Since the fall 2007 edition, the Internet has been the basic means 
for disseminating the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda will 
be available online at www.reginfo.gov, in a format that offers users a 
greatly enhanced ability to obtain information from the Agenda 
database.
    Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the 
regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act (5 U.S.C. 602), GSA's printed agenda entries include only:
    (1) Rules that are in the Agency's regulatory flexibility agenda, 
in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, because they are 
likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of 
small entities; and
    (2) Any rules that the Agency has identified for periodic review 
under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain 
information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's Agenda 
requirements. Additional information on these entries is available in 
the Unified Agenda published on the Internet. In addition, for fall 
editions of the Agenda, the entire Regulatory Plan will continue to be 
printed in the Federal Register, as in past years, including GSA's 
regulatory plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanne Sosa, Regulatory Secretariat 
Division at (202) 501-4755.

    Dated: March 31, 2017.
 Giancarlo Brizzi,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy.

            General Services Administration--Final Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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200.......................  General Services                   3090-AJ67
                             Administration
                             Acquisition Regulation
                             (GSAR) GSAR Case 2015-
                             G512, Unenforceable
                             Commercial Supplier
                             Agreement Terms.
201.......................  General Services                   3090-AJ75
                             Administration
                             Acquisition Regulation
                             (GSAR); GSAR2016-G506,
                             Federal Supply Schedule,
                             Order-Level Materials.
202.......................  General Services                   3090-AJ41
                             Administration
                             Acquisition Regulation
                             (GSAR); GSAR Case 2013-
                             G502, Federal Supply
                             Schedule Contracting
                             (Administrative Changes).
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA)

Office of Acquisition Policy

Final Rule Stage

200. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); 
GSAR Case 2015-G512, Unenforceable Commercial Supplier Agreement Terms

    Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c)
    Abstract: GSA is amending the General Services Administration 
Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to streamline the evaluation process to 
award contracts containing commercial supplier agreements Government 
and industry often spend significant time negotiating elements common 
in almost every commercial supplier agreement where the terms conflict 
with federal law. Past negotiations would always lead to deleting the 
terms from the contract, but only after several rounds of legal review 
by both parties. This case would explore methods for automatically 
nullifying these common terms out of contracts.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   05/31/16  81 FR 34302
NPRM Comment Period End.............   08/01/16  .......................
Final Rule..........................   06/00/17  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Janet Fry, Program Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 
1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703 605-3167, Email: 
[email protected].
    RIN: 3090-AJ67

201. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); 
GSAR 2016-G506, Federal Supply Schedule, Order-Level Materials

    Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c)
    Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the 
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to 
clarify the authority to acquire order-level materials when placing a 
task order or establishing a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) against a 
Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract. This proposed rule seeks to 
provide clear and comprehensive implementation of the ability to 
acquire order-level materials through the FSS program to create parity 
between FSS contracts and commercial indefinite-delivery/indefinite-
quantity (IDIQ) contracts, reduce the need to conduct less efficient 
procurement transactions, lower barriers of entry to the Federal 
marketplace and make it easier to do business with the Federal 
Government.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   09/09/16  81 FR 62445
NPRM Comment Period End.............   11/08/16  .......................
Final Rule..........................   06/00/17  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Leah Price, Procurement Analyst, General Services 
Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703 
605-2558, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 3090-AJ75

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Office of Governmentwide Policy

202. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); 
GSAR Case 2013-G502, Federal Supply Schedule Contracting 
(Administrative Changes)

    Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c)
    Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) is proposing to 
amend the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) 
to clarify and update the contracting by negotiation GSAR section and 
incorporate existing Federal Supply Schedule Contracting policies and 
procedures, and corresponding provisions and clauses. This case is 
included in GSA's retrospective review of existing regulations under 
Executive Order 13563. Additional information is located in GSA's 
retrospective review (2015), available at: www.gsa.gov/improvingregulations.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   09/10/14  79 FR 54126
NPRM Comment Period End.............   11/10/14  .......................
Final Rule..........................   06/00/17  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    Agency Contact: Dana L. Munson, Procurement Analyst, General 
Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, 
Phone: 202 357-9652, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 3090-AJ41

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